{"product_id":"washington-the-indispensable-man-with-a-new-preface-by-the-author-9780316286053","title":"Washington: The Indispensable Man. With a new preface by the author.","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWashington: The Indispensable Man. With a new preface by the author.\u003c\/strong\u003e by Flexner, James Thomas. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780316286053.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter more than two decades, this dramatic and concise single-volume distillation of James Thomas Flexners definitive four-volume biography George Washington, which received a Pulitzer Prize citation and a National Book Award for the fourth volume, has itself become an American classic. Now in a new trade paperback edition, this masterful work explores the Father of Our Country - sometimes an unpopular hero, a man of great contradictions, but always a towering historical figure, who remains, as Flexner writes in these pages, \"a fallible human being made of flesh and blood and spirit - not a statue of marble and wood... a great and good man.\" The author unflinchingly paints a portrait of Washington: slave owner, brave leader, man of passion, reluctant politician, and fierce general. His complex character and career are neither glorified nor vilified here; rather, Flexner sets up a brilliant counterpoint between Washingtons public and private lives and gives us a challenging look at the man who has become as much a national symbol as the American flag.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"LITTLE, BROWN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44982103179317,"sku":"ByrdShop_0316286052","price":34.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780316286053_1bfe2b1f-3aaf-4d1e-893f-e90346ba75d2.jpg?v=1792502971","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/washington-the-indispensable-man-with-a-new-preface-by-the-author-9780316286053","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}